During World WarII, the ironlike power of the seventh head was also evident.c After that war, the seventh head at times still displayed ironlike characteristics. 2 Let us address Johns vision of the wild beast. A bleak prediction indeed but not one that surprises Bible students. The prophecies of Daniel and John have come true exactly as they were written. STAGGERING helplessly from crisis to crisis, human governments are failing to bring stability to human society. 15,16. Such an event may have seemed unlikely just decades ago. This description coincides with the time when the seventh headthe Anglo-American World Powerwould come to prominence. 31 The king of the Babylonian World Power had a prophetic dream that Daniel interpreted for him. Soon Jehovah will cause the political elements of Satans system, as represented by the United Nations, to attack false religion. Her tumble will be sudden and violent.Rev. Satan used all those world powers to fight Gods people because he hated the seed of the woman. But it was not yet the seventh head of the wild beast. Daniel does specifically mention that the toes would be made of iron and clay. No resident will say: I am sick.Isaiah 33:24. In a vision, Jehovah showed Nebuchadnezzars dream to Daniel and gave him its meaning. Daniel said: The kingdom will partly prove to be strong and will partly prove to be fragile.Daniel 2:42; 2Timothy 3:1-3. 20. (Isa. During World WarI, the United States became a close partner with Britain. pages240, 241, 253. During that war, Gods people declared that according to the prophecy in Revelation, the image of the wild beast would ascend again. Sorry, there was an error loading the video. ), God sent him a terrifying dream. (Revelation 16:13-16; 17:12-14) Daniel told us something about that final battle. Pinpointing this in our day, the German book Unsere WeltGestern, Heute, Morgen; 1800-2000 (Our WorldYesterday, Today, Tomorrow; 1800-2000), says: By the 19thcentury, democratic freedom prevailed in nearly all civilized countries, and by the end of World WarI, freedoms cause seemed to have approached final victory. However, when describing the image, Daniel does not mention the number of toes. (Dan. . (Daniel 2:43) People have weakened the Anglo-American World Power when they have fought to have civil rights, to have more rights at their workplace, and even to become independent nations. (Read Daniel 2:41-43.) 2:43) In the Anglo-American World Power, people have risen up to claim their rights through civil rights campaigns, labor unions, and independence movements. Instead of uniting, it tended to disunite. The New Encyclopdia Britannica says that this development ran counter to the conceptions that had dominated political thought for the preceding 2,000 years. Whereas hitherto man had commonly stressed the general and the universal and had regarded unity as the desirable goal, nationalism now stressed national differences. (Acts 1:8; 10:34,35) As members of all nations, citizens of every type of human government, they zealously announce that the time of the end has begun and that human rule has had its daysoon to be replaced by divine rule.b Thus, the bold message they proclaim confronts all existing political powers. Particularly after the mid-1950s, the trend was irreversible. THE symbolic image of world rulership by human politicsits gold, its silver, its copper, its iron and its clayis doomed as a whole! Daniel 2 (the second chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells how Daniel related and interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon.In his night dream, the king saw a gigantic statue made of four metals, from its head of gold to its feet of mingled iron and clay; as he watched, a stone "not cut by human hands" destroyed the statue and became a mountain filling the whole world. False religions have publicly supported the image of the beast, that is, the League of Nations and the United Nations, and they have tried to direct these organizations. All these will refuse to relinquish power and will face off against God in a final great war at a figurative place called HarMagedon, or Armageddon. So we can understand that the clay means that something in the Anglo-American World Power makes it weaker than the Roman Empire, which was described as legs made of solid iron. 2:31-33. The prophecies of Daniel and John have been fulfilled to the smallest detail. The Feet of Iron and Clay Daniel 2:41-43 .'And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. By the time the Lords day began in 1914, Britain had built the largest empire in history and the United States had become the greatest industrial power on earth.b During World WarI, the United States forged a special partnership with Britain. Part 9 of Human Rule Weighed in the Balances will answer. This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. The seventh head of the wild beast as much as killed the preaching work for a period of time. Why the Changes in World Governments Since 1914? Unable to reach into heaven, the kings of the earth will vent their rage on those on earth who support Gods Kingdom. In the second year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon as the dominator of the ancient world Jehovah God foretold the march of world powers, which is the subject of Chapter 4 of our Bible study aid, Your Will Be Done on Earth.. After World WarII, decolonization once again produced a number of new democracies. 4,5. 7 The feet of the giant image mean the same thing as the seventh head of the wild beast, that is, the Anglo-American World Power. 11 Does the number of toes of the image have special meaning? 32 As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass. (Revelation 17:10) Then, in Daniels day, Babylon overthrew Jerusalem, forcing the Israelites into exile. And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. Britain continued to grow in wealth and power, and in the 19thcentury, it was the richest and most powerful nation on earth. The next day, Daniel went to the kings servant and said: Dont kill any of the wise men. However, from early on, that iron has been mixed with clay. The religions of Christendom are surely part of Babylon the Great. Perfect health will prevail. Three are plucked out by another horn, a small one. This was fulfilled when Britain, a former outpost of the Roman Empire, grew to prominence. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD POWER AND THE FEET OF IRON AND CLAY. 1,2. * That image, which was huge and extremely bright, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was terrifying. Iron and Moist Clay Note that the Bible describes the feet and toes of the image as being "partly of iron and partly of molded clay," adding: "The kingdom itself will prove to be divided, . 6 Nebuchadnezzar listened intently as Daniel explained: You, Oking, happened to be beholding, and, look! Jesus said no. 18 After false religion is destroyed, the wild beast, Satans governments on earth, will attack Gods Kingdom. 3 We can identify the seventh head of the wild beast of Revelation chapter13 by comparing Johns vision with Daniels vision of the frightening ten-horned beast.a (Read Daniel 7:7, 8, 23,24.) The parallel prophecy in Revelation reveals the larger picture. The Roman Empire (or some expression of it) has not yet become ten toes and therefore this is a future fulfillment waiting to happen. Why not the Spanish/Portuguese or Ottoman for example? Daniel 2:41 describes the mixture of iron and clay as one kingdom, not many. . , but they will not prove to be sticking together." Because they began to work together in a special way, they became the Anglo-American World Power. The succession of world powers pictured by the various parts of the image started with the head and worked down. 8,9. But they also have clay in them. . But Rome would not last forever. What does it do? This beast also means the Anglo-American World Power, but now it does something special.Read Revelation 13:11-15. 4 In Daniels prophecy of the beast with ten horns, another horn, a small one, comes up and replaces three of the ten horns. Twenty or thirty years ago, most people thought religion would always be respected and powerful. 40 In that chapter Daniel interprets the prophetic dream that the God of the heavens sent to Nebuchadnezzar, emperor of the Babylonian World Power, in the second year after he had destroyed the city of Jerusalem and the temple built by Davids son, King Solomon. However, from early on, that iron has been mixed with clay. 17 False religion will not lose its power gradually and then disappear. 15,16. The Bible makes clear that this war involves the kings of the entire inhabited earth.Revelation 16:13, 14,16. The ten horns of the beast that Daniel saw mean the kingdoms that came from the Roman Empire. (Exodus 19:5) In the context of the Bible, this made them world powers, in fact, the first of a series of seven of which the Bible speaks. Therefore, the number seems no more significant than the fact that the image had multiple arms, hands, fingers, legs, and feet. What, then, should we expect?Daniel 2:41, 42; 12:4. They are described as an amalgam of iron and clay. The United States and the United Kingdom enjoy a truly special relationship. Let's start in Daniel 2 where we learn that Jesus's Kingdom will "grind to powder" all the other kingdoms. Eventually, the seventh head would take the place of Rome. The clay, therefore, represents elements within the sphere of influence of the Anglo-American World Power, elements that make it weaker than the solid iron of the Roman Empire. In the fifth century C.E., the Roman Empire began to fragment. Peter tried to object but Jesus warned him to have his feet washed. THE prophecies of Daniel and John correspond in ways that allow us to understand the meaning of many present and future world events. What was the dream that Daniel recalled to the king? 17. 46-67 - Daniels Prophecy (dp), w59 4/15 pp. will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed" (Daniel 2:44). Why have these threats of world breakdown emerged in precisely the era when man has achieved more scientific breakthroughs and knowledge than in all his previous history? These questions posed by journalist Geyer are thought provoking. In Daniel's prophecy, the clay in the feet of the immense image symbolizes the common people. It seems more Christian's than just JWs believe this interpretation, but why those empires . 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